Supervisors did not raise the earned income tax and the local services tax for the coming year and the township does not levy a real estate tax.

General fund

In the township's general fund, revenue is budgeted at $3,093,920. The largest portion of that revenue will come from local services tax, $1,823,500, and the earned income tax, $1,580,000.

Expenditures from the general fund are projected to equal $3,093,449. The bulk of expenditures for 2013 will be for highway maintenance, $373,600, and road construction, $887,500.

The township has budgeted $241,100 for emergency services, including $75,000 to Rescue Hose Co. and $10,000 to Marion Volunteer Fire Department.

Other notable items under expenditures include projects aimed at modernizing the township's administration. The first includes $70,000 to upgrade computer software, including geographic information system programming, and the second budgets $20,000 for digital document scanning, which will computerize existing documents.

Other items

The township has budgeted $800,000 from its capital reserve fund for renovations to the township administration building on Antrim Church Road. Actual costs for the projects are still unknown, as the township has not yet advertised for contractor bids for the project.

In addition, the township will give merit-based pay increases to township personnel for 2013. The budget includes a 2 percent increase above the total payroll for 2012 to cover the costs of personnel pay increases.

Sewer fund

In the township's sewer fund, expected revenue is budgeted at $2,313,500, with the bulk of revenue coming from charges for sanitation services, $2,300,100.

Total expenditures include $2,789,210, with the bulk going towards wastewater collection and treatment, $1,610,650.